Mens & Womens Health

Yeast is a kind of fungus and vagina is a dream house for yeast because of moist, warm and dark surroudings. The healthy vagina contains very small quantitles of yeast cells inside. When the number of yeast cells increases too much, you have a vaginal yeast infection. Lots of women experience a vaginal yeast infection.

I developed a vaginal yeast infection nearly two years ago and I experience how the infection sufferers feel every day. I finally found the treatment that worked for me after everything that a doctor recommeded wasted my money. I like to tell my story.

One day, I was on a treadmill in the basement of my house. I started to feel kinda itchy around my vagina. I was experiencing swelling, redness and burning. I had never had a yeast infection before but I had heard about it. I was pretty sure that it was a yeast infection. I went to buy some over-the-counter drugs like creams and tablets. I had some refief and comfort for a short while but the itching and pain never dissapeared.

I set up an appointment with a doctor and saw her the next day. She examined the redness, swelling and discharge around the vagina. She said that she had to test some samples in order to determine if I developed a yeast infection. Some of STC (sexually transmitted disease) may give same kinds of symptoms, accoring to the doctor. The lab results came back and they confirmed that the symptoms I had were from yeast infection.

I asked her how I got a yeast infection. She told me that there are several things that cause a vaginal yeast infection. They are hormonal changes during the periods, diseases like AIDS/HIV, taking medicines like antibiotics and birth control pills, and pregnancy. I was surprised that things like stress, lack of sleep and poor eating habits can lead to vaginal yeast infection.

The doctor told me that I needed to come and see her before using over-the-counter creams and tablets. Seventy percent of women who buy and use over-the-counter drugs are actually not suffering from the infection. Taking over-the-counte drugs when you have no infection, you may be creating super yeast. That may make it harder to cure the real infection when you really have it.

Accoding to the doctor, you can do several things to keep the symptoms from getting bad. She told me to avoid all the scented items like bubble bath, pads and tampons. She told me to change tampons and pads as often as I can during the menstruation. I could not wear any outfit or underwear made of synthetic material. After any kind of physical activities, change to dry clothes right away.

She recommended some medications and I was taking them daily as instructed. At the beginning, the medication gave me some good relief, resulting in less itching and less pain. But, after a while, the symptoms came back.

This time I chose not to go to see the doctor. I made up my mind to make effort and do researches on a varginal yeast infection on my own. I was online everyday for more infomation. When I was reading postings in the forum, I saw a eye-catching articles. It was about natural ways to cure vaginal yeast infection.

It was hard to believe such simple and easy natural treatment would work. After all the treatments I tried failed me, I was a little desparate. I decided to give it a try. Within two days, I had a great relief. In two weeks, almost all the symptoms like itching and soreness were gone.

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